1990 SEC men's basketball tournament

1990 SEC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1989–90
Teams	9
Site	Orlando Arena Orlando, Florida
Champions	Alabama (5th title)
Winning coach	Wimp Sanderson (3rd title)
MVP	Melvin Cheatum (Alabama)
Attendance	75,982
Television	Jefferson Pilot Sports ABC (Championship game)
SEC men's basketball tournaments

1989–90 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Georgia	13	–	5		.722			20	–	9		.690
No. 23 Alabama †	12	–	6		.667			26	–	9		.743
No. 19 LSU	12	–	6		.667			23	–	9		.719
Tennessee	10	–	8		.556			16	–	14		.533
Kentucky	10	–	8		.556			14	–	14		.500
Ole Miss	8	–	10		.444			13	–	17		.433
Auburn	8	–	10		.444			13	–	18		.419
Mississippi State	7	–	11		.389			16	–	14		.533
Vanderbilt	7	–	11		.389			21	–	14		.600
Florida	3	–	15		.167			7	–	21		.250
† 1990 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 1990 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament was held March 8–11, 1990 at the Orlando Arena in Orlando, Florida. The Alabama Crimson Tide won the tournament and received the SEC’s automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament by defeating the Ole Miss Rebels by a score of 70–51.

Television coverage of the first round, the quarterfinals, and semifinals were regionally syndicated by Jefferson Pilot Sports, and the championship game was nationally televised on ABC.

Note: The Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team was not qualified to participate in either the SEC or NCAA tournaments of 1990 and 1991 due to NCAA probation.

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals					Championship game
		Vanderbilt	68
		Florida	58
							Vanderbilt	78
							#25 Georgia	74 (OT)
												Ole Miss	65
												Vanderbilt	62
							Ole Miss	87
							Tennessee	86
																	Ole Miss	51
																	Alabama	70
							Alabama	59
							Mississippi State	44
												Alabama	87
												Auburn	81
							Auburn	78
							#16 LSU	76